Horse-power



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. La Harpe, in the county of Hancock and State simple, inexpensive, strong,.and durable artions of the beltcasing with guide pulleys or idlers journaled to guide the belt clear of frictional contact with the ground creasing, and

' connection of said casing to the frame, and in tional elevation of the same.

. I wheel, 0, to which the sweep d (to which the I animals are hitched) is fastened, said masterplace by stakes Z, one at each side of each end UNITED STATES AUGUST ZASTROW, OF

P TENT Oriana;

LA HARPE, ILLINOIS.

I HORSE-POWER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent. No. 296,099, dated April 1, 1884.

Application filed January 25, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, Aueusr ZASTROW', of

of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horse-Powers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a rangementof devices whereby the power may be taken from the main shaft of any ordinary horse-power and applied directly to the driving of thrashing or other machines by the use of a belt.

The invention consists in special construcso as to permit the beltcasing to be depressed at the place where the animals pass over it in working the sweep, together with a hinged the means for securing the casing to the ground to resist the strains of the moving belt, all as hereinafter fully described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both thefigures.

Figure 1 is a plan View of my improvements, and Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal sec- The letter-a indicates the frame of a horsepower, which latter may have any approved arrangement of gearing for driving a .powershaft, 12. I show in dotted lines a masterwheel gearing with the shaft b by toothed wheels 0 f and the pinions g, fixed to the shaft.

At 71. h are shown a pair of strong bars, which are pivot-j oiuted to the frame a at 5 and to the belt casing or box 70 at j, so as to permit the belt-casing 7a to accommodate itself to the unevenness of the ground and find a firm bearing thereon, and so as to be fastened in of the casing, and the opposite stakes at each end are driven into the ground through sockets Z of the case in reverse ways, as shown, to effect a firm and secure fastening for the beltcase to hold it against the strain of the moving belt. A cross-bar, m, braces the bars h h firmly together, and acts, with the said bars h h and joints at z and the stakes Z, firmly to bracethe belt-case is against lateral displacement, the more direct action of the stakes l being to prevent a rising of the belt-casefrom.

the ground. y i

a is the main drivingbelt pulley, which is rigidly mounted on the shaft b, and from which the belt 0 passes by its leading or driving side beneath the guide or idler pulleys or rollers 10 p, journaled at opposite ends of the belt case 70, thence over the power-transmitting pulleyg, which may be a drive-pulley of the thrasher or other machine to be driven, or which may connect in any approved way by belt or gearing with the gearing of the said machine.- The belt 0 then passes back by its upper or following side over the pulleys pp and beneath idler pulleys or rollers r r on its way to and over the pulley n. The idlers r 'r are journaled in thebelt-case is inside of the pulleys p p, and so as to carry the upper side of the belt 0 low down or toward the lower side of the belt, to allowthe belt-casing to be depressed along its central portion, as at t, to enable the animals hitched to the sweep to step over the belt-casing with ease, thus avoiding injury both to the animals and the casing bythe animals stumbling and falling over the casing. p

If desired, stakes u may be driven into the ground through the frame-bars o of the powerpulley q, as shown in Fig. 1.

My improved horse-power can readily be set up for use, and be as readily disconnected, and the power may cheaply be made, and is strong and durable. The driving-belt 0 is fully protected from wear by contact with the 'tation by folding the frame bars h and belt-- casing k'upon their joints z'j, as will readily be understood.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A horse-power constructed with a drive pulley, a, mounted on the main power-shaft b, I

and a belt-casing, k, pivot-jointed by bars h to the frame a, and said belt-casing being depressed along its central portion, as at 16, substantially as shown and described.

5 2. The combination, with the frame a, its drive-shaft b, having pulley n, and the belt 0, of the casing 70, hinged to frame a by the bars h, and anchored in place by stakes Z, driven into the ground in reverse ways at opposite sides of IO the casing substantially as shown and described.

3. Thebelt-casing k of a horse-power, having idlers p r journaled therein at opposite ends, depressed centrally at t, and having fixed inclined sockets Z, through which stakes Z may I 5 be driven reverse ways for anchoring the casing to the ground, substantially as shown and described.

AUGUST ZASTROW.

Vitnesses:

O. G. PRESTON, ISAAC FUNK, Jr. 

